Painting on Glass – What You Need to Know

I’m kind of addicted to Pinterest…so much more fun than Facebook. Anyway, I pin many glass goodies and tutorials too, see the link below.

There are so many! Today I found a little something about painting on glass. The good thing about painting on glass is that you don’t need a melting kiln or to cut any glass.

You don’t have to be a “glass” person but you probably will be once you start to play with it.

The website this is on is the blog paintedfurnitureideas.com. Check it out. Good advice is given. And since it’s the holiday season you can probably whip out some cool holiday gifts.

Since writing this article back in 2014, we have come across so many more techniques and ideas., But I have to admit this red-robin Christmas bird is still one of my favorite painted glass techniques. For all my glass painting projects, I exclusively use Vitrail Glass paints. If you are not a painter in drawing skills, then use a stencil on the inside of your glass and color it in like a children’s art project. Simply place the printed design into your glass and paint it onto the outside of your glass. Such a fun and easy way to make painted glasses with minimal crafty skills.

Looking for more glass art projects and ideas? Check out our dedicated Glass Arts Pinterest Board.

In our continuing exploration of lesser known holidays, let’s take a look at Terry Fox Day, which is probably one you know if you’re Canadian.

Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete who had a leg amputated at age 18 because of cancer and then did a cross-country run to raise awareness and funding for cancer research. He was born July 28, 1958, and the first Monday in August is celebrated as Terry Fox Day in Manitoba.

Fox is considered a kind of folk hero in Canada despite the difficulties of traveling across Canada on foot (no one on his team spoke French, for example, the weather was often bad and cars would force him off the road) and the low number of donations at the beginning of his run. He ultimately had to end his run after 143 days and 3,339 miles, or 5,373 km, because his cancer had returned and spread to his lungs, but he raised $1.7 million, and a telethon a week after he ended his run raised $10.5 million.

Check out some Terry Fox quotes collected by My Little Desire. You can learn more in this video from CBC Kids, and listen to the Terry Fox song illustrated by a first grade class.

Twinkl has a bunch of Terry Fox related activities in both English and French, including an activity pack with a maze and word search, a coring challenge, a fact sheet and coloring page.

Most of the resources I could find were at Teachers Pay Teachers, but you can learn more about the activity pack for grades 1-3 that Mrs. Bremer’s Class has made, which tells his story and has kids write things they learned and discuss why they think he is a hero.

Creative Classroom Core has a few paid resources include writing activities, reading comprehension and a Terry Fox fact book.

That Fun Reading Teacher has a K-2 singalong with a differentiated reader and activity to teach kids about him.

You can also celebrate Terry Fox Day by talking about what makes a person a hero and who the kids in your home or classroom think of as heroes. And if you’re Canadian, there are Terry Fox runs in more than 650 communities in September, so you can make plans to participate or cheer on the runners to remember his legacy.

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